Clocks again

[french frank]

As usual (on this biannual occasion) I can't remember whether the forum clock changes automatically or whether I have to do something down below; and if so, what. However, tonight - more precisely, I think, at 1 am clocks around the UK will spring forward eagerly to meet the fragrant spring on Easter morn

[smittims]

I thought it was 2 am. or is that in October when they go back? I hate it (I also hate bank holidays, so I'm a bit grumpy today) . I'd much rather be on GMT all year round, as I keep early hours. We have sixteen clocks in our house , including the old VHS player which is difficult to adjust, and a BAXI boiler which has a little dial which is very difficult to get to exactly the right point.

[french frank]

Well, the forum seems to be on BST without any intervention from me (hope that's the same for everyone; if not I'll have to adjust something somewhere). The UK isn't very big but it does seem to matter where you live: some people would prefer permanent GMT, others BST. Having injured my ribs on Good Friday the two wall clocks which I need to climb a rickety ladder in order to change will remain on GMT until I feel better.

[Pulcinella]

Rather curiously though the bottom of the page I see says:
All times are GMT. This page was generated at 09:40

The 09:40 is a BST time.

[french frank]

Rather curiously though the bottom of the page I see says:
All times are GMT. This page was generated at 09:40

The 09:40 is a BST time.

Yes I noticed that so scuttled down to the basement. I changed it to 'Enable Daylight Savings' but it still says GMT at the bottom of the page. I think the change I made is for the benefit of guest visitors - so that they see the 'correct' time that posts are made. Members can control what they see through their own settings. But why it says "All times are GMT" followed by BST I cannot fathom.

Strange indeed are the ways of ... (At least I've now sorted out the War Requiem thread )

[cloughie]

Rather curiously though the bottom of the page I see says:
All times are GMT. This page was generated at 09:40

The 09:40 is a BST time.

As Georgie said:

https://youtu.be/rt9ikCD5oqc?feature=shared

[kernelbogey]

...Having injured my ribs on Good Friday the two wall clocks which I need to climb a rickety ladder in order to change will remain on GMT until I feel better.

I recommend the purchase of a new ladder, FF...!

[french frank]

I recommend the purchase of a new ladder, FF...!

Your advice is sound, kernel. The reason I have never asked a younger member of the family to help me is that I would feel even worse if they had an accident than if I did.

Curiously, when my aunt lived in this house I paid two special visits, once to take down the winter curtains and put up the summer ones, and again to take down the summer curtains and put up the winter ones. I used her same rickety ladder. I only have curtains, and they stay up for years on end.

[LMcD]

Well, the forum seems to be on BST without any intervention from me (hope that's the same for everyone; if not I'll have to adjust something somewhere). The UK isn't very big but it does seem to matter where you live: some people would prefer permanent GMT, others BST. Having injured my ribs on Good Friday the two wall clocks which I need to climb a rickety ladder in order to change will remain on GMT until I feel better.

Forum is on BST here!

[vinteuil]

... the time is BST but it sez it's GMT -

All times are GMT. This page was generated at 11:09.

[french frank]

... the time is BST but it sez it's GMT -

It's fibbing, then.

[Andrew Slater]

I've just checked the settings: there doesn't seem to be any recognition in the forum software of the term 'BST', just GMT with 'daylight saving adjustment' enabled. That's presumably why the note at the bottom of the page states 'All times are GMT'. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any indication on the page as to whether 'daylight saving' is in force, which of course it is at the moment.

[french frank]

I've just checked the settings: there doesn't seem to be any recognition in the forum software of the term 'BST', just GMT with 'daylight saving adjustment' enabled. That's presumably why the note at the bottom of the page states 'All times are GMT'. Unfortunately there doesn't seem to be any indication on the page as to whether 'daylight saving' is in force, which of course it is at the moment.

The UK is plonked in the same Western European GMT zone (including Casablanca and Accra), regardless of whether any of them operate a Daylight Saving scheme or not. Hence we're all on GMT. I assume the clock was registering BST for me when I logged on this morning because I checked 'Automatically Detect Daylight Saving settings' in my own settings (Settings > Account). Enabling DST for the forum means that the clock will show BST. But if our overseas member have chosen Eastern Time or Paciific Time they will see ... um, well they'll know what they see ... I'm not sure that I do.

[oddoneout]

All times are GMT. This page was generated at 13:00.

The letters are wrong but the figures are correct, that'll do me thank you!

[Old Grumpy]

I'd much rather be on GMT all year round

I think I agree. The lighter evenings are quite nice, but I could do without the twice yearly clock change rigmarole. It is somehow unnatural to vary from GMT. I personally would not like BST in the Winter.